13 DASD, 9 DAG
Slugger and Pangea

PRG is the ultimate cheat code to a Reno.

Also, once you get through your first Reno the next ones are easy as pie.

Still has to thicken up, which it will before Winter.

 

RIP BlueBank. First GLY app down.

 

Why? What happened?

 

How has your season been going? I miss seeing that lush Bluebank of yours!

 

looking good. My Mazama is taking awhile to wake up but it's slowly getting there. I envy those of you with flat front lawns - mine has a sharp hill the sets it back from the sidewalk, which looks cool but it's hard to mow and also keep nice and level.

 

Haha was just browsing thinking where is JerseyGreens? Then you posted.

 

How's your Bluebank looking so far this year?

 

Hi there! Hope you are doing well.

Looking mighty strong...still waking up from hibernation.

Had its first cut on Tuesday of this week...eraser stripes to get things going...need to edge, mow again, and feed this weekend.

 

this is 🔥 🔥 🔥

While I think KBG looks amazing reel mowed, these newer elite cultivars at high heights look fantastic. No problem if you mowed this with a rotary

 

@ReelWILawn - what an honor, I'm not worthy!

It's chugging along. Haven't time to mend to the lawn.

It's at 2inches is most area. I'll give it a nice mow at some point this week.

 

@ReelWILawn - what an honor, I'm not worthy!

It's chugging along. Haven't time to mend to the lawn.

It's at 2inches is most area. I'll give it a nice mow at some point this week.

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That is 2" long? Looks amazing. I've been cutting mine at 1.5", maybe I'll try 2" next year in the spring.

 

How is some of the best bluegrass in New Jersey doing?

 

Fertilizer
0.3lbs N per K via Foliar Urea
2g per K FEature

Temps almost touched 70 today and the highs will hit that over the next few days. Couldn't pass up on making one last Foliar application.

Total N this year was ~4.5lbs per K.

 

Looks really good, man. No easy task to keep that much square footage looking so perfect

 

Thanks man! You want to talk about square footage on a reel mowed lawn - check out @jskierko - I don't know how that man does anything else but tend to that beautiful lawn.

 

It's the most wonderful time of the year (my kids are already playing Christmas music on the Alexa...🤣)

HOC: 0.75inch
GM1600

Out of town for a week...lawn is growing a lot which means I'll have my work cut out for me to dress it up before Halloween.

 

looking outstanding!

I had a few spots of white clover pop up around the yard this year and was able to get rid of them pretty easily, but i was left with similar herbicide burn. Eventually, everything recovered just fine, but it looked awful. I would be real nurvous to blanket spray the whole yard.

agree with your staments on fungus issues and ID. Some fungus is pretty easy to ID (like rust), but there are others where it's really difficult without proper eduction or access to a lab. Having elite cultivars of KBG help as they seem to be be less prone to some diseases and any damaged area i've had usually repairs it self with time. I think it goes a long way to try and do as much research as one can (great lawn topics for the winter months) and understand what the the most typical fungus issues for your grass type and your area. Then develop a plan -cureative only, preventively, or do nothing. Personally, I try to preventively treat early in the year and during the summer if and when conditions are perfect for issues.

 

I had a few spots of white clover pop up around the yard this year and was able to get rid of them pretty easily, but i was left with similar herbicide burn. Eventually, everything recovered just fine, but it looked awful. I would be real nurvous to blanket spray the whole yard.

Agree with all of this. I definitely noticed a fair amount of clover patches which I torched with triclopyr. Those spots looked bad for several weeks (probably didn't help that I did it in the summer). I spot sprayed, but I wouldn't be as nervous to blanket spray since I know how to pace myself properly. I feel like when I do spot sprays, since I am usually not walking while I'm spraying, I apply it a lot heavier than I should.

 

Lmao, I thought it was localized dollar spot.

 

Pretty good guess nonetheless - it kind of looks like that.

I also must have walked REEL slow in this area when spraying my herbicide concoction and the grass was not having it...

 

Fertilizer
0.3lbs N per K via Foliar N (Urea)
2oz per K - FEature
dash of citric acid

YTD N: 4.15lbs N per K - right on course.

 

Burning some stripes in North-to-South. Still getting lots of clippings and will continue to push N for this to make one last push to thicken up.

The ugly:
I had LDS in the bottom right hand corner throughout the summer and just let it be. Then the corner got smoked by the herbicide mixture because it had a ton of clover...slowly recovering...It won't get back to par until next Spring now...folks with TTTF or ryegrass would be freaking out but nope...remaining calm since I know the power of KBG!

 

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I need to improve my anti-fungal knowledge in the offseason. I have something fungal going on, then exasperated it with an overdose of N, but after looking at before/after thin areas in my lawn and seeing what has filled in, i'm not too worried. 1 season and it'll be great again, IF i can stop fungus from doing damage year after year.

 

Work and family priorities are overtaking lawn stuff but I got in a nice mow on a lovely fall day.

Any large kill spots are from the clover and broadleafs getting decimated last month. The KBG is slowly filling those bare spots in.

 

Fertilizer
0.25 lbs N per K - Granular AMS

 

I feel your pain. I haven’t checked the rain gauge yet but is been nonstop and I bet I’m close to 5 inches since Saturday. More rain expected tomorrow.

 

I don't know how they do it, I can't stand multiple days that are gray and gloomy. It happens often in the winter months here in NC because NE winds bring cold moist air off the Atlantic Ocean that can't make it over the mountains to the west. It just banks up east of the mountains with overcast skies and a cold rain or drizzle in the piedmont region. They call it cold air damming or Appalachian wedge.

 

3+ inches of nonstop rain over the past 72 hours...Lawn is overgrown and badly needs a cut. Sun hasn't come out for nearly 5 days...not fun...Expecting rain/clouds all day tomorrow...

The rain, fert, and foliar Iron helped get over the herbicide mixture I threw at it last month.

How do people live in areas where its cloudy, gloomy, and rainy for the majority of the year?

 

How do people live in areas where its cloudy, gloomy, and rainy for the majority of the year?

You mean Pittsburgh? Lol

I've learned to deal with not being able to mow for several days at a time. But it's not fun.

I guess the silver lining is you don't need in-ground system here.

 

Fertilizer
0.15 lbs N per K - Foliar Urea
2oz per K - FEature
Dash of citric acid (melted/mixed first)

I wasn't liking how slowly the front was coming back to normal from the herbicide cocktail so I kicked it into gear.

 

Fertilizer
0.5lbs N per K via Granular Urea

 

YTD N: 2.45lbs per K which is pretty impressive given the drought all Summer long. I give it up to the MESA stuff I found in the LebanonTurf product.

Good Slow release N without any coming from OM is downright impossible to find. This will be a regular in my Summer rotation for hopefully years to come (as long as they keep it around)!

Easily on track to end the year at 4-5lbs of N per K.

Outstanding! Let me ask you, if you have ANY (even very small) areas of significant shade, how does your 'Bluebank' handle that/those shade spots? (I'm thinking of incorporating a combination of 'Bluebank' and 'Mazama' in my spotty mixed shade front next year).
Thanks, and thanks again for the incredible inspiration !

This mix should do just fine in shade. I have some areas that don't get much sun due to the sun angle changing in the Autumn. Those areas look no different than my full sun areas.

Wow!, okay thanks. That is a darn good testimony to 'Bluebank' doing okay in significant shade. Some trials I had seen had it almost even with 'Mazama' the unofficial King of KBG shade tolerance.
👍

 

YTD N: 2.45lbs per K which is pretty impressive given the drought all Summer long. I give it up to the MESA stuff I found in the LebanonTurf product.

Good Slow release N without any coming from OM is downright impossible to find. This will be a regular in my Summer rotation for hopefully years to come (as long as they keep it around)!

Easily on track to end the year at 4-5lbs of N per K.

Outstanding! Let me ask you, if you have ANY (even very small) areas of significant shade, how does your 'Bluebank' handle that/those shade spots? (I'm thinking of incorporating a combination of 'Bluebank' and 'Mazama' in my spotty mixed shade front next year).
Thanks, and thanks again for the incredible inspiration !

This mix should do just fine in shade. I have some areas that don't get much sun due to the sun angle changing in the Autumn. Those areas look no different than my full sun areas.